Vehicle-body.



No. s35,|73. Patented Oct. l7, I899. r. MENZER.

VEHICLE BODY.

(Application Med Aug. 22, 1899.)

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(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES 1-. ATENT FICEQ FREDERICK MENZER, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,173, dated October17, 1899.

Application filed August 2 2,1 89 9.

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MENZER, of Flint, in the county of Geneseeand State of Michigan, have invented anew and Improved Vehicle-Body, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in vehicle-bodies, such asbuggies, sleighs, and cutters; and the object is to provide a body ofsimple construction so arranged that it may be easily changed from asingle to a double seated vehicle or from a double to a single seatedvehicle.

I will describe a vehicle-body embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a vehicle-body embodying my invention. Fig.2.is a side view indicating in dotted lines a sliding seat inits forwardposition. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. i isavertical section showing the front or auxiliary seat and its back asfolded down. Fig. 5 is a similar section, but showing the front seatinits seating position; and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. i.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a box-like body of a vehiclehaving rails 2 on its opposite side pieces, upon which the rear seat 3is designed to slide. The rear seat has side rails 4, provided withshoulders 5 for engaging upon the upper side of the rails 2, andattached by means of screws to the side rails 4 are metal straps 6,having outwardly-turned lower ends 7 for engaging against the under sideof the rails 2. By means of these straps the seat is held from tiltingrelatively to the rails, and it is obvious that by removing the screwssecuring the straps to the seat the seat may be removed for repairs whennecessary. Arranged near the front of the body portion and near the topthereof is a crossbar 8, at the ends of which are standards 9.

The front or auxiliary seat 10 is mounted to swing relatively to thecross-bar 8, so as to rest upon the upper edge of the same when inseating position and to fold down in front of said cross-bar when therear seat is'to be Serial No. 728,111. (No model.)

moved forward to form asingle-seat vehicle. As here shown, the seat 10has double-hinge connection with the standards 9thatis, the lower leafportions 11 are secured to the standards, while the upper leaf portions12 in front of the cross-bar, as indicated in Fig.

4:, and when in this position it may serve as a curtain for the backseat when said back seat is in its forward position.

I provide a back for-the seat 10, here shown as made in two sections 15and 16, hinged together. The lower section 16 is attached to side bars17 which are curved downward and forward and have their lower endsconnected by hinges 18 to blocks 19, secured in the bottomof thevehicle-body.

When the back is in its raised position, as indicated in Fig. 5, metalhooks 20 are made to engage with the front edge of a cross-piece 21 onthe bottom of the seat 10. When swinging the seat 10 forward, the hookswill be released, so that the back may be moved down into the body ofthe vehicle and the upper section 15 of the back folded down upon thesection 16. The seat 3 may then be moved forward to serve as a single orfront seat, the side pieces l of said seat being provided with channels22 to receive the inwardly-turned ends of the brackets 14. By curvingthe side rails 17 downward and forward they will be out of the way ofthe feet of a person occupying the rear seat. When the rear seat is inits forward position, the top of the body may be inclosed by a coverconsisting of two sections 23 24, which cover when not in use may befolded and placed in the bottom of the vehicle, as shown in Figs. 4 and5.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim'as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a'vehicle, a box-like body portion, asliding seat arranged in the body portion, a front or auxiliary seathaving double-hinged connection with the body and projections on thesides of the body on which the auxiliary seat may rest, substantially asspecified.

2. 111 a vehicle, a box-like body, a cross-bar at the forward portionthereof, standards extended downward from the cross-bar, a seat,double-hinge connections between said seat and the standards, andbrackets on the sides of the body upon which the seat may rest whilealso resting on the cross-bar, substantially as specified.

3. In a vehicle, a box-like body, a seat having a double-hingeconnection with the body, a back for the seat, side rails for the backcurved downward and forward and hinged to the body, and a hook carriedby said back FREDERICK MENZER.

Witnesses:

DAVID HEIMS, COLONEL O. Swarm.

